Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1321
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Qualifications of sureties
Official statutory text
Each and every surety for the release of a person on bail shall
be qualified as:
1. An insurer and represented by a surety bondsman or bondsmen;
2. A professional bondsman properly qualified and approved by
the Insurance Commissioner;
3. A cash bondsman;
4. A property bondsman;
5. A multicounty agent bondsman properly qualified and approved
by the Insurance Commissioner; or
6. A natural person who has reached the age of twenty-one (21)
years, a citizen of the United States and a bona fide resident of
Oklahoma for a period of six (6) months immediately last past and
who holds record title to property in Oklahoma, cash or other things
of value, acceptable to the proper authority approving the bail
bond.
be qualified as:
1. An insurer and represented by a surety bondsman or bondsmen;
2. A professional bondsman properly qualified and approved by
the Insurance Commissioner;
3. A cash bondsman;
4. A property bondsman;
5. A multicounty agent bondsman properly qualified and approved
by the Insurance Commissioner; or
6. A natural person who has reached the age of twenty-one (21)
years, a citizen of the United States and a bona fide resident of
Oklahoma for a period of six (6) months immediately last past and
who holds record title to property in Oklahoma, cash or other things
of value, acceptable to the proper authority approving the bail
bond.
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